Post and lath construction for walls.



R. MYERSt POST AND LATE CONSTET'GTION WALLS;

APPLICATION FILEB FEBS, `.905.

SATES anion.'

POST AND :BATH CONSTRUCTION FOR WALLS;

Specification of Letters ietent.

"Appntation fued february s', 190s. seriai No. 413,985;

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. MYERS, 'a

citizen of the United States of America, andresident of Covington,vcounty of Kenton, -State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Postand Lath Construction for IValls, of whichthe following is a speificat-ion. 'Y

The lobject of my invention is a construction in which the laths andposts are formed inte-gral, which may be readily put in place to form aWall and in which it is necessary to manufacture but one form ofconstruction member. This object is attained by the means `describedin'the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure l is a front elevation of a sheet of meta1 sli tted in the courseof manufacturing one of the post and lath members of my invention. Fig.2 is a horizontal sectional view through a part of a Wall embodying myinvention. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a section of one of the postand lath members. Fig. 4L is a detail view in cross section of theconnection shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the parts: Each construction member is made from a singlesheet of metal, which is curved to form two tubular posts, A, A, whichare connected'by a Hat metal sheet, a, and which terminates upon eachside of the posts in sheet metal flanges,

af, a2. Before the sheet is bent, the parts forming the panel, a, andthe flanges, a', a2, are slitted as illustrated in Fig. l, and thenl bystretching the metal in the panels and the Hanges, is expanded, asillustrated in Ifig. 3. Then the imperforate parts are bent into tubestriangular in cross-section to'form the posts, A, A. Longitudinalgrooves, as, are formed in thebase of the triangles, A, A. Inconstructing a wall from these construction members, the members areplaced in I together.

' alternately reversed directions, with the posts of one member placedbetween the posts of its adjacent member.' The flanges,

Patented Jan. 24, 191i.

a and a2 are made half thewidth of the panels, a, so that the anges ofthe construction members which 'face in thefsanie direction meet at thegrooves of the 'pests ofthe opposite sei-.vof construction members. VThe meeting flanges, a', a2, are connected by wire, B. l

What I claim is: i

1. A Wall construction formed by a series of construction members, eachmember of which consists of a sheet of metal curved to form tubularposts which are .in cross section triangularA and,A having longitudinalgrooves in the bases of the triangles and a sheet metalpanel connectingthe apeXes of the triangles, and iangesprojectingout'- ward from theapeXes of the triangles, the construction members being placed. back toback and so that the grooves in the posts of the vconstruction membersupon one side of the wall .register with the meeting flanges otposts,and flanges, which project at each end beyond the posts, theconstruction mei'nbers being placed .back to back, and the flanges lofadjacent members meeting each other atpointsopposite to the posts oftheconstruction members on the other side of the wall, and means forconnecting adjacent flanges HENRY n. MYERS.

Witnesses WALTER 'F.f MUBAY, AGNES MCCORMACK.

